Sirup pitcher



March 24, 1925. 1 1,530,824

. A. M. GRAVES sIRUP PITCHER FiI-dan. 1 0. 1924 M". abliozvuug v Patented Mar. 24, 1925.

g UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT MABTIAN GRAVES, OF MQCLEARY, WASHINGTON.

sIaUP PITCHER Application filed. January 10, 1924. Serial No. 685,451.

Sirup Pitchers, yof which the following isa specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in sirup pitchers.

An object of the invention is to improve the construction of sirup pitchers and to provide avsimple, inexpensive and efficient one adapted to catch the drippings and conduct the same back to the interior of the A pitcher, and to thereby prevent sirup from accumulating on the exterior of the pitcher.

Another object of the invent-ion is to provide a structure of this nature which is reliable in use and well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With. the above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description progresses, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a vertical section through the pitcher embodying my invention, and

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof with the same in an open position.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that 1 designates the body of the pitcher to which is hinged a lid 2. The upper edge of the body l is provided with an inwardly curved flange 3 which preferably extends around about one side of the channel 5 terminates in a ring 7 which is riveted or otherwise fastened to the body as at 8. It is to be noted that the inwardly extending flange 3 on the body l overhangs a `portion of the channel flange 5 of` the sleeve 4.

v When the sirup is poured from the pitcher out through the sleeve 4 it will be seen that the drippings will be caught in .the channel flange 5 and will flow back into the interior of the pitcher through openings 6. Because of the slow flowing of sii-up there will often be some collected on the channel flange 5 and especially when the Sirup pitcher is being frequently used on the table and the inwardly disposed flange 3 will prevent surplus sirup gettingv out of the pitcher or on'the exterior thereof.

Although I have described my invention vwith a certain degree of particularity it is to be understood that numerous changes in the details of constructiony in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention as hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new is:

l. In a sirup pitcher of the class de- I scribed, a body provided at its upper end with an inwardly curved flange adjacent its forward side and a sleeve disposed in the body so as'to' extend above itsupper end said sleeve being tapered inwardly toward its upper end, its upper edge being closer to the center of the pitcher than is the edge of the flange, said sleeve being flared outwardly at its lower end to provide a channel flange having a series of openings therein adjacent the rear side of the pitcher, and a ring formed on the channel flange and fixed to the body of the pitcher.

2. In a sirup pitcher of the class described, a body having an inwardly extending flange disposed on the forward portion ofv its upper edge, a sleeve tapered toward 'its upper end so as to have its upper edge closer to the center of the pitcher than is the edge of said flange, said sleeve being flared at its bottom end to' provide a channel flange having a series of openings therein adjacent its rear portion, and means for fiX ing the sleeve to the interior of the body so that the channel flange is disposed below the inwardly extending flange of the: body.

3. In a sirup' pitcher of the class described, a body, a sleeve disposed in the upper end of the body so as to terminate above the upper edge thereof, said sleeve tapering toward its upper end and flared at its bottom end to provide a channel flange 4having a series of openings therein adjacent its rear portion, a ring depending from the outer periphery of the channel flange and xed to the interior of the bodyythe upper edge of said body provided with an inwardly curved flange adjacent its. forward portion so as to overhang the-channel'flange of the sleeve and so that its inner edge is spaced farther from the center of the pitcher than is the upper edge of the sleeve.

4. ln a sirup pitcher of the class described, a body provided at its upper end with an inwardly extending curved flange,

and a sleeve disposed in the body extending beyond the upper endy thereof and tapered inwardly toward its upper end so as to have its upper edge disposed closer to the center 15 of the pitcher than is the edge of the flange.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in. resence of two witnesses.

BERT MARTIAN GRAVES. Witnesses:

.CARL FREDRroKsoN, RUPERT P. PELLE. 

